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Windows Remote Desktop (aka Terminal Services) Port Change

There often becomes a need to remotely access/administer a Windows machine. While I’d normally recommend using a different method such as an VNC connection over a VPN or a SSH Tunnel, you MAY get away with using the built in services. Even so, using the default port 3389 may prove troublesome with some security mechanisms such as firewalls and proxy servers. Here’s a simple way around it all…To change the default port for all new connections created on the Terminal Server: